MuldevsmündetTell them apart

Quick tell: Mulde is a noun, mündet is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Mulde” is a noun and “mündet” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,976
“Mulde” frequency rank
#17,659
“mündet” frequency rank
44635
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mulde mündet
Definition längliches, abgerundetes Gefäß mit einer flachen Vertiefung, das sowohl aus einem Stück als auch aus einem Material gefertigt ist 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs münden

Where the eye mixes Mulde and mündet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Mulde
6 ch
mündet

Look-alike desk: Mulde vs mündet

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Mulde is [ˈmʊldə] while mündet is [ˈmʏndət]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44635, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Mulde is recorded at frequency rank #26,976, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmʊldə]. mündet is at rank #17,659, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmʏndət].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 44635, this pair ranks #1,379,777 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Mulde vs mündet

Shared letters: dem. Private to "Mulde": lu. Private to "mündet": ntü.

"Mulde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "mündet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Muldemlude · mmulde · mudle · muldde · muled · mullde · umlde

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Mulde" and "mündet" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Mulde" is a noun and "mündet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Mulde" or "mündet" show up more?
"mündet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,659 in our German list, against #26,976 for "Mulde". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Mulde" and "mündet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mulde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mündet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,379,777 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mulde" and "mündet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mulde vs murder". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,379,777 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list